Christmas Cookies are one of the most popular cookie baking EVENTS of the year. Everyone is chatting about baking holiday cookies, cookie exchanges and just why we all love sweater weather so much! I’ve always loved cookies, especially at Christmas time. Or whatever you are celebrating that involves having fun, baking cookies, exchanging cookie and spending…
Stained Glass Butterscotch Cookies
Butterscotch candies have always been a favorite of mine, and butter rum lifesavers candy too. These cookies are full of that great butterscotch flavor and they are super pretty too. When I was a kid I loved getting the “lifesavers candy book” at Christmas time, so it only seemed natural to create a cook…
How to Ice Cookies with a Piping Bag
I’m sharing tips on how to ice cookies with a piping bag. This post is full of tips and how to’s to help you make pretty iced cookies. My top 3 things to know when piping cookies with a piping bag are Practice makes perfect, for consistency of icing, drawing lines, and edging cookies….
Cookies… all with ONE dough
Cookies… how would you like to be able to make this tray of cookies quickly and easily? Cookes… all with ONE dough! Have you ever wanted to bake a batch of cookies and end up with a whole tray of assorted cookies that looked and tasted different from each other without having to bake…
Giant Gingerbread Boy Cookies
I love to bake cookie and deliver them around Christmas time. This year I had some cards made up with the recipe of one of my favorite cookies. It’s my Gingerbread Spice Cut Out Cookie Recipe. This has become my go to recipe for giving cookies for many reasons. It tastes DELICIOUS but it’s not…
Italian Almond Twist Cookies
The chill is in the air and Christmas is near, that means there is still time to bake a batch of these Italian Almond Twist Cookies. Good thing, because Christmas wouldn’t be christmas without pretty sprinkles covered cookies. These are easy enough to have the kids help with. And just wait until you smell the…
Italian Anise Cookies
Memories of childhood seems to be common when people see these Italian Anise Cookies on the Christmas cookie tray. They are easy to make and are sure to bring a smile to faces all around you. Anise has a licorice flavor that is popular in cookies at Christmas time, I recall having these as a…
Red Velvet Snowflake Cookie
Red Velvet Cookies perfect for WINTER! These Red Velvet Snowflake Cookies are just perfect to make as soon as the cool weather hits! It was snowing in my kitchen all weekend. Well it could have snowed outside, it’s been really cold here in Southern California…..you’d think we were somewhere else. Since it was cold outside…
Gingerbread Biscotti
Are you ready for the season of Gingerbread? Oh I’m getting so excited for all the Christmas Baking that is to come this year. I just love Gingerbread and finally made Gingerbread Biscotti….and Oh how wonderful the kitchen smelled with these in the oven. I could hardly wait for them to cool, but then came…
Pecan Pie Cookies
You will want to try these Pecan Pie Cookies, Once you see how easy they are and the bonus is that they aren’t TOO Sweet! I’m going to get it out of the way and say it that I don’t like traditional pecan pie! It’s too sweet, I’ve tried it over the years and I…
Italian Cookies with glaze icing and add sprinkles after the icing dries
Italian Sugar Cookies are easy and delicious and with a little practice, you can be icing up batches of cookies with will impress all your friends. I really LOVE Italian bakeries and especially the Italian cookies. These cookies are THOSE types of cookies! They aren’t as sweet as sugar cookies, but then the icing…
Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
Merry Christmas everyone! I made about 15 dozen of these cookies in the last week. Chocolate meets gingerbread in this delicious combination. I couldn’t wait to create this combination as soon as I made these Gingerbread Spice Cookies I’ve made many, many dozens gingerbread cookies this month and…
Reindeer Cookies
Rudolph Snowflake Cookies I made these for a party we went to and it’s funny not until I looked back at the photos did I notice something… The eye rolling of Rudolph, I guess it’s not just a teenager thing after all. Although we get our fare of eye rolling in our house, I know…
Snowman Snowflake Cookies
There is no snow in the forecast today so it’s time I created some snowflakes of my own! No one wants to be left out of all the snowman making fun. At least I don’t these will have to do, of course I’ll be dipping them in a cup of hot chocolate and just pretending it’s cold…
White Christmas Pie Cookies
Coconut Christmas Pie Cookies My mom made a beautiful White Christmas Pie when I was young. It was pretty and fluffy with white frosting and topped with fluffy white coconut. I thought it would be fun to take that idea and made it into a handheld small cookie pie. Oh, I’m so glad I…
